John Galsworthy 


Captures 


Brief plot lines of these 16 stories by Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy: 
01 The breaking of an engagement ignites a feud. 

02 Ruding’s financial prospects disappoint. He adjusts. 

03 Still single at 55, Vaness declares his love to a woman, 26. 

04 Hirries takes a celebratory afternoon walk in his forest. 

05 Old Trevillian recalls a past attraction begun at a casino. 

06 Money given to a needy woman leads to a blackmail threat. 

07 An impoverished actor chances upon an old acquaintance. 

08 Besotted by an extramarital relationship, Frank goes to extremes. 

09 Mellesh pays a “working girl's” fine and tells his wife. 

10 A staff writer refuses to continue to ghostwrite. 

11 Terrified as her execution for treason nears, she dances. 

12 A writer tries to cope with an insufferable alcoholic. 

13 When 16 he was infatuated with an attractive widow. 

14 A destitute author writes a movie script for his own amusement. 

15 Released from prison, the doctor goes about with a “peculiar smile”. 
16 Jimmy, a bookie, accepts a racehorse in payment of gambling debts. 
(Summary by Lee Smalley) 


Read by Lee Smalley. Total running time: 7:1418 


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John Galsworthy 


Captures